- Hilāl Shūmān (1982-, Lebanon) – Līmbū Bayrūt (2016, English trans. Limbo Beirut, 2016). For the largest part, this novel is set in 2008 when Hezbollah and Sunni fighters clashed in the streets of Beirut. The novel reveals five interlinked stories from different characters: a gay artist, a struggling novelist, a pregnant woman, a disabled engineer student, a former militia member, and a medical intern. Each of them has a unique and complex relationship with the city that has been tormented by the fifteen-year long civil war. The novel integrates illustrations from different cotemporary Lebanese artists that accompany each one of the stories (also in C: Cities: Lebanon: Beirut).
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